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Verse Matthew 4:8. _AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND SHOWETH HIM_] If
the words, _all the kingdoms of the world_, be taken in a literal
sense, then this must have been a visionary representation, as th...
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AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN - It is not known what mountain this was.
It was probably some elevated place in the vicinity of Jerusalem, from
the top of which could be seen no small part of the land of...
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4. THE TESTING OF THE KING AND HIS TESTIMONY.
_ 1. The Testing by the Devil. (Matthew 4:1 .) 2. His Testimony and
His Disciples. (Matthew 4:12 .) 3. The Powers of the Kingdom. (Matthew
4:23 .)_
CHAP...
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THE TEMPTATION (Mark 1:12 f.*, Luke 4:1 *). Jesus'sudden recognition
of His Sonship or Messiah-ship and of the responsibility thus laid
upon Him, found natural expression in His retirement into solitu...
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III. THIRD TEMPTATION.
In the first two temptations the devil comes as. deceiver, apparently
seeking proof that Jesus was truly the Son of God, quoting Scripture,
and in religious guise. In the third...
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THE TESTING TIME (Matthew 4:1-11)
Step by step Matthew unfolds the story of Jesus. He begins by showing
us how Jesus was born into this world. He goes on to show us, at least
by implication, that Jes...
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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by
the devil. After he had deliberately gone without food for forty days
and forty nights he was hungry. So the tempter came and said...
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AGAIN, &C This should be "The devil taketh Him again", implying that
he had taken Him there before, as "It is written again" in Matthew
4:7. See App-117. This is the _second_ temptation in Luke (Luke...
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_an exceeding high mountain_ It is idle to ask what this mountain was,
or in what sense Jesus saw the kingdoms of the world. It is enough
that the thought and the temptation of earthly despotism and g...
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Matthew 4:1-11. The Temptation of Jesus. Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13
St Mark's account is short; the various temptations are not
specified; he adds the striking expression "he was with the wild
beasts....
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THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13.
St Mark’s account is short; the various temptations are not
specified; he adds the striking expression ἦν μετὰ τῶν
θηρίων. St Luke places the tempt...
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ΕἸΣ ὌΡΟΣ ὙΨΗΛῸΝ ΛΊΑΝ. It is idle to ask what this
mountain was, or in what sense Jesus saw the kingdoms of the world. It
is enough that the thought and the temptation of earthly despotism and
glory we...
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VER 8. AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN,
AND SHEWETH HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD, AND THE GLORY OF THEM;
9. AND SAITH UNTO HIM, "ALL THESE THINGS WILL I GIVE THEE,...
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_JESUS WAS A TEMPTED SAVIOR MATTHEW 4:1-11:_ At this point Jesus began
His preaching ministry as described in Isaiah 61:1. "The Spirit of the
Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to...
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ΌΡΟΣ (G3735) гора,
ΎΨΗΛΌΣ (G5308) высокий.
ΔΕΊΚΝΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΔΕΊΚΝΥΜΙ (G1166)
показывать. Гл. содержит смысловой
оттенок попытки разъяснить,
продемонстрировать или убедить (DA).
Типичн...
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AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM, &C.— The adversary, enraged, as it
should seem, with his ill success in the two former attempts, casts
off all disguise in this. He speaks no more of _Son of God;_ but
des...
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CHAPTER FOUR
Section 7. JESUS IS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL
(Parallels: Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)
TEXT: 4:1-11
1.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted
of the devil.
2....
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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP [`CONDUCTETH HIM,' AS BEFORE] IN...
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16-17 Compare Joh_1:32-34.
16 As God's Spirit has no material form it is figured to us in various
ways, which suggest its force and significance. It is usually
presented as a blast of air, for this is...
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THE TEMPTATION
1-11. The temptation (Mark 1:12; Luke 4:1). The narrative, which can
only have come from our Lord's own lips, describes an actual
historical fact, the great temptation which He underwen...
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MATTHEW’S GOOD NEWS
MATTHEW’S *GOSPEL
_HILDA BRIGHT_
CHAPTER 4
THE DEVIL TESTS JESUS 4:1-11
V1 The *Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert. The devil tested Jesus
while he was there. V2 For 40 d...
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AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN. — Here, if proof were wanted, we have
evidence that all that passed in the Temptation was in the region of
which the spirit, and not the senses, takes cognisance. No “specu...
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CHAPTER 5
His Temptation - Matthew 4:1
MUCH has been written on the possibility of temptation in the
experience of a sinless Being. The difficulties which have been raised
in this region are chiefly...
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_Third temptation_. εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν λίαν : a
mountain high enough for the purpose. There is no such mountain in the
world, not even in the highest ranges, “not to be sought for in
terrestrial geograph...
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_The Temptation_ (Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13)....
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TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL
Matthew 4:1-11
_Then_ marks the close connection between the heavenly voice of the
baptism and the fiery ordeal of the forty days. Notice that temptation
is not in itself sin; on...
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"Then." After the heavens opened, hell is opened. The King must not
only be in perfect harmony with the order and beauty of the heavens,
He must face all the disorder and ugliness of the abyss. Goodne...
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_Shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory; and as St.
Luke says, in a moment of time. We cannot comprehend how this could be
done from any mountain, or seen with human eyes. Therefore...
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THE TEMPTATION
Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13. Matthew says that _“He
was led by the Spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”_
Mark says: “The Spirit immediately impels Him away...
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Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered
unto him.
The subject of CHRIST'S temptations, is a subject attended with much
difficulty thoroughly to explain. One of the great ca...
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God has been pleased, in the separate accounts He has given us of our
Lord Jesus, to display not only His own grace and wisdom, but the
infinite excellency of His Son. It is our wisdom to seek to prof...
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_THE PATH TO VICTORY_
‘Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain.…
All these things will I give Thee, if Thou wilt fall down and worship
me.… Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,...
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8._The devil taketh him to a very high mountain. _We must keep in
mind, what I have already stated, that it was not owing to any
weakness of Christ’s nature, but to a voluntary dispensation and
permis...
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Having thus, in grace, taken up His position as man on earth, He
commences His earthly career, being led of the Spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted of the devil. The righteous and holy man, the
S...
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AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN,....
That is, he took him off from the pinnacle of the temple, and carried
him through the air, to one of the mountains which were round...
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Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and
sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Ver. 8. _Again the devil taketh him_] This master fly Beelzebub,...
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_Again the devil taketh him up_ In what way is not said; _into an
exceeding high mountain_ Probably one of the mountains in the
wilderness, and from that eminence, partly by the advantage of the
place...
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And still the devil is not overcome:...
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AGAIN, THE DEVIL TAKETH HIM UP INTO AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN, AND
SHOWETH HIM ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE WORLD AND THE GLORY OF THEM.
Once more the tempter attacks; there is no ceasing in his efforts t...
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There could be no doubt therefore that He would fulfil this virtual
pledge to bear their sins on Calvary. Notice too that the Father
approves Him in this unqualified way before His being tested by Sat...
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1-11 Concerning Christ's temptation, observe, that directly after he
was declared to be the Son of God, and the Saviour of the world, he
was tempted; great privileges, and special tokens of Divine fa...
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SEE POOLE ON "MATTHEW 4:9"....
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Matthew 4:8 Again G3825 devil G1228 took G3880 Him G846 up G3880
(G5719) on G1519 exceedingly G3029 high...
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JESUS FACES UP TO HIS FUTURE IN THE WILDERNESS (4:1-11).
The most momentous moment of His conscious life to date having taken
place, Jesus will now have to face up to what it involves. For having
bee...
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‘Again, the devil takes him to an extremely high mountain, and shows
him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them.'
Matthew then describes last the temptation that centred on what he has
d...
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The threefold temptation by Satan; the threefold victory over Satan.
He who came ‘to destroy the works of the devil,' triumphs over him
in personal conflict. This was the Messiah's _trial_ and _probat...
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THIRD TEMPTATION: Matthew 4:8-10....
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Matthew 4:8. AN EXCEEDING HIGH MOUNTAIN. Its situation can only be
conjectured; the Mount of Olives, which was relatively high; others,
the mountain in the wilderness (Quarantania), Nebo, Tabor.
SHEW...
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AND SHOWETH HIM
(κα δεικνυσιν αυτω). This wonderful panorama had to be
partially mental and imaginative, since the devil caused to pass in
review "all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them...
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WORLD
The Greek word kosmos means "order," "arrangement," and so, with the
Greeks, "beauty"; for order and arrangement in the sense of system are
at the bottom of the Greek conception of beauty.
Whe...
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Matthew 4:8
I. There is no falsehood on the face of the earth so dangerous as
truth when that truth comes distorted, placed in wrong order, or laid
in false proportions. This was exactly the character...
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Matthew 4:8
I. The root of the third temptation lay in the thought that the
kingdoms of the world were the devil's kingdoms, and that it was he
who could dispose of them. If our Lord had believed this...
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Matthew 4:1
I. One cannot help thinking and wondering why this temptation should
take place, and though all the reasons cannot be known, some of them
we think we can see. We know there is a devil. Per...
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Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness
to be tempted of the devil._
He had just been baptized, the Spirit of God had descended upon him,
and the Father had borne witnes...
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Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness
to be tempted of the devil._
What a change it seems from the descent of the Holy Spirit to being
led up into the wilderness to be...
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CONTENTS: Temptation of Jesus. Jesus' public ministry begun. Call of
first disciples.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, Satan, John the Baptist, Peter, Andrew, James,
John, Isaiah.
CONCLUSION: The Word of God is t...
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Matthew 4:1. _Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit,_ υπο του
πνευματος, the Holy Spirit, as indicated by the Greek
article, and declared in the verses preseding. _Led into the
wilderness,_ where he was...
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A VERY HIGH MOUNTAIN. He spreads a panoramic view of the world. Not
literally visible, but visualized by the eye of the mind....
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_Again, the devil._
THE THIRD TEMPTATION
I. The preparation for this temptation. Satan suits the external
circumstances to the temptation, and draws his snare from them. All
the senses may be source...
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MATTHEW—NOTE ON MATTHEW 4:1 Jesus the Messiah Begins to Advance the
Messianic Kingdom. Jesus triumphs over the devil in the wilderness
(vv. Matthew 4:1), proclaims the kingdom
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SATAN TEMPS JESUS IN THE DESERT MATTHEW 4:1-11; MARK 1:12-13; LUKE
4:1-13; MATTHEW 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the
wilderness t
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CHAPTER 4
_By the devil_. Syriac, _by the accuser_, Gr. _διάβολος_,
_accuser_, _calumniator_. For Satan is he who accuses men before God
perpetually, that he may gain them for himself and Gehenna.
_T...
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_CRITICAL NOTES_
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS—GENERAL REMARKS
_There is only one way of understanding the narrative_, viz. as the
history of a real occurrence, of an actual temptation of our Lord by
the d...
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EXPOSITION
MATTHEW 4:1
THE TEMPTATION. The Father's acceptance of the Lord's consecration of
himself for the work of the kingdom does not exclude temptation, but
rather necessitates it. Psychologica...
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Chapter Four
Then was Jesus led of the Spirit into the wilderness (Matthew 4:1)
Immediately, He is now being led by the Spirit, walking after the
Spirit. The New Testament has so much to say to us co...
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1 John 2:15; 1 John 2:16; 1 Peter 1:24; Daniel 4:30; Esther 1:4;...
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THE TEMPTATION (NO. 2)
Matthew 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. "THEN" the word holds our attention. "Then was Jesus led up of the
Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil." The word
"then" c...
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THE TEMPTATION
Matthew 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The temptation of Christ in the wilderness had no direct bearing upon
our salvation, as we are saved by His Blood. However, the temptation
did acclaim...
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Showeth him all the kingdoms of the world — In a kind of visionary
representation....
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(CF. LUKE 4:5-12)—Is there a mistake in recording the wilderness
temptation of Christ by Matthew or Luke?
PROBLEM: According to both Matthew and Luke, the first temptation was
to turn stones into brea...